Twenty miles outside Yangping Pass, the Xiliang Army camp.

In the evening, more than 25,000 infantry and cavalry entered the camp. Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng, Huang Zhong and others, who had already received the news, were greeted by the camp.

At this point, all the troops and horses of the Western Liang army in the fight against Zhang Lu in Hanzhong were assembled, and they claimed that they had a large army of 100,000.

After dinner, a group of generals gathered together to discuss the war in front of them.

This time, Li Li did not occupy Zhou Yu's main general's tent, because Huang Zhong deliberately left two large tents when he set up camp here. One was the military tent of Zhou Yu, the commander of the Western Front, which was relatively small in scale. The other extremely atmospheric camp located in the middle of the camp was Li Li's general's tent. It had been vacant before, but now it was finally used. Li Li's troops arrived at the camp, and the tent was immediately activated and promoted to the account to discuss matters.

After a little greeting, the generals each took their seats. The first on the left was General Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin of Anbei, and the remaining were Zhao Yun, Qubei, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu and more than ten generals including more than ten generals of the Central Army. The first on the right was Fa Zheng Fa Xiaozhi, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong followed closely, and the remaining were Chen Dao, Cao Xing, Ma Tie and more than ten generals.

The upper ranks were as usual, and the personal guard commander Li Zhi stood behind the left side of the commander's position, Li Li was in the position of the commander, and he was having a leisurely tea with a smile on his face.

Indeed, Li Li's lineup of military generals in this Western Expedition was extremely powerful, with three of the Five Tiger Generals alone, and more than 30 generals above the Central Army General. Zhou Yu and Fa Zheng led the war planning. Therefore, Li Li was indeed relatively relaxed and leisurely. When Zhou Yu led his troops to confront Zhang Lu before the Pass, he was happy and happy in the Qiangdao camp until he made a detailed report. The reinforcements in Yizhou had already set off and arrived in Hanzhong five days later. At this time, Li Li was not in a hurry, and he was all focused on Meng Xin. It was not until Meng Xin left that he pulled out the village and set off, and came to Yangpingguan camp to personally command the army to fight.

At the beginning of the discussion at the General Office, Fa Zheng briefly stated the situation of the siege in the past month to Li Li. In the more than a month of confrontation with the Hanzhong army, Zhou Yu commanded the army to attack Yangping Pass five times, but all of them were tentative feint attacks, attacking the city tower three times, killing more than 3,000 enemies, and losing more than 4,000 soldiers himself, but failed to capture the pass.

Nowadays, there are three cavalry battalions and two infantry troops gathered in the camp, namely: Zhou Yu’s headquarters Shuofeng Camp, Zhao Yun’s tent, the unshuang iron cavalry and the 10,000 Jinqiuwei war cavalry, a total of 50,000 combat cavalry (the cavalry has been supplemented before the loss of cavalry). The two infantry battalions are: Huang Zhong’s Qin Gong Camp and Teng Yu’s tent stationed in Longxi (it turned out to be 15,000 people, and after several sieges, the army left 10,000 infantry). The total number of infantry cavalry is 80,000, twice that of Zhang Lu’s army in Yangping Pass, with a strong military strength and high morale.

After Fa Zheng finished talking about the previous war, Zhou Yu reported respectfully: "Just just now, when the scouts reported that when the lord led his army to the camp, a reinforcement came from Yangping Pass, with many soldiers and horses, with a total of 50,000 troops. The origin of this reinforcement was self-evident, and it was the soldiers and horses under the command of Liu Zhang, Yizhou. The chief generals were Zhao Wei, the deputy generals Wu Yi and Zhang Ren. Among the 50,000 soldiers and horses, 5,000 cavalry, the rest were infantry, with armor and sufficient weapons and supplies. The force was fierce, and the strength should not be underestimated.

After entering Yangping Pass, the Yizhou army immediately took over the defense of the pass. It is said that Zhang Lu also drew 30,000 troops from the pass and returned to Hanzhong to guard Nanzheng County. Obviously, Zhang Lu had completely handed over Yangping Pass to the Yizhou army to defend. These two once hostile forces now cooperated very well and hated the enemy. They seemed to be very confident in defending Yangping Pass, and did not take our Xiliang Army seriously. Therefore, the last general suggested fighting the Yizhou army tomorrow. Take a tentative test of the generals and combat power of the Yizhou army, and then plan to break the enemy. I wonder what the lord wants?"

"Hahaha!" Li Li nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Liu Zhang, Yizhou, couldn't help but feel lonely, and actually took the initiative to send troops to join the war. Obviously, he came prepared! Since he took the initiative to make moves, we should accompany him, otherwise he would have thought that after two years of cultivation and rest, I, Li Li, would no longer be as brave as I used to be. Therefore, the Yizhou army came from afar, how could we show weakness? The entire army will go to fight tomorrow!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Li curled his smile and continued, "Speaking of this, our army had confronted Zhang Lu in Hanzhong several times, but I had not met him yet. It was time to meet him. Otherwise, when he captured Yangping Pass and the army captured Hanzhong County, he would not know who he would surrender, so he would be a laughing stock!"

"Hahaha??????" The generals laughed. Then, the atmosphere of deliberation in the tent was very active. The generals expressed their tactical opinions one after another, and then dialected each other until their opinions were relatively unified.

During this period, Li Li was not like the head coach, but more like a listener or a mediator among the generals. He always controlled the atmosphere of the deliberation and dominated the direction of the deliberation.

One hour later, the generals left one after another, inspected the military equipment overnight, and waited for dawn to fight the Yizhou army.

Watching the generals leave, there are five people left in the tent, including Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong. Of course, Li Li and Li Zhi are also in the tent.

Li Li stood up and walked into the hall, sat on Zhou Yu's head, and said with a smile: "Yangping Pass is not a dangerous Pass, but our army has many cavalry and few infantry, so it is not good at attacking cities, so it is not suitable for our army to attack passes. Can Gongjin have a good idea for this?"

After hearing this, Zhou Yu looked at Fa Zheng and said with laughter: "What the lord said hits the point. For more than a month, the generals and Xiaozhi have been considering how to capture Yangping Pass. We were originally planning to seize the mountains on both sides of Yangping Pass and be high, so that we could capture this pass. However, there were 1,500 unique samurai warriors under Zhang Lu's tent stations on both sides, which were easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we forcibly capture the mountain, it would inevitably cause huge casualties. For this reason, Xiaozhi and I were unable to make up our minds and plan to break the enemy. We would have to capture the mountains on both sides when we had no choice. However, now the Yizhou army has entered Yangping Pass and joined forces with Zhang Lu's army to guard the pass, which has brought us a great opportunity to break the enemy."

"Oh?" Li Li was a little surprised and asked, "After the Yizhou army entered the pass, the number of defenders in the pass was twice as high as before, with a total of 70,000 people. Why did Gongjin think this was a good opportunity to defeat the enemy?"

Zhou Yu smiled when he heard this: "Lord, this method of defeating the enemy was first thought of by Xiaozhi. Why not tell me in detail?"

Li Li nodded slightly, his eyes turned to Fa Zheng, and a smile of praise appeared on his face. Fa Zheng nodded happily when he saw this and said loudly: "As the lord said, Yangping Pass is located at the critical junction of two mountains. Although Cheng Pass is not a hero, it is better because of the terrain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, if this Pass is regarded as a bird cage, it would be a different matter. Before, there was only one bird in the cage, which was Zhang Lu's army. If it did not want to fly out by itself, and the cage was very strong and difficult to break, it would be difficult for us to catch it. But now, another bird flew into the cage, so the two birds were in the same cage and had long had a grudge against each other. In this way, it would leave us an opportunity to take advantage of it.

According to detailed investigations, after the Yizhou army entered Yangping Pass, Zhang Lu immediately dispatched 30,000 troops to defend Nanzheng City. In name, the county magistrate's troops were empty. In fact, he was guarding against the Yizhou army and breaking his Hanzhong lair. From this, it can be seen that Zhang Lu was both used and defending the Yizhou army. The two forces did not cooperate and understand well and were intimate as they appeared, but were guarding against each other and distrust each other. In this way, we only need to take advantage of the rift between them to break through Yangping Pass and defeat these two forces in one fell swoop."

Li Li's eyes flashed, and a graceful arc appeared on the corner of his mouth. He laughed: "The two birds were locked in a cage, but not one male and one female, but a hostile force that had gaps between them. This metaphor is quite interesting. It seems that Xiaozhi is already confident and I don't know how to implement it in detail?"

"I am about to ask for help from the lord," Fa Zheng continued.

"Please help?" Li Li looked stunned: "If Xiaozhi needs anything, just open your mouth. As long as I have it, you will take it."

Fa Zheng bowed and said respectfully: "Thank you for your trust. I will be loyal to you to your lord with all my heart and will be careless. This time, I want to ask the lord for someone and some money."

"Wealth is not enough for the truth. I don't know who filial piety and wiseness want?"

"Yang Ang, the Hanzhong general who was captured alive by General Zhao Yun during the Qiang Dao chaos." Fa Zheng said without hesitation.

Li Li's expression changed slightly, his mind turned sharply, and then he showed a strong smile on his face, and he smiled: "Yang Ang has some talent, and he can be regarded as one of the best generals under Zhang Lu's tent in Hanzhong. In the battle between Qiang Dao, if he had not tried his best to protect Zhang Lu's breakthrough, I was afraid that Hanzhong had been captured by us. However, if Xiaozhi wanted to persuade him to surrender or let him invade Zhang Lu, it would be difficult. This person was quite loyal to Zhang Lu and willing to repay him for his death. Moreover, the Yang clan is also a large Hanzhong clan with many tribes. Therefore, unless Zhang Lu was destroyed and Hanzhong was occupied by us, he would not automatically surrender."

Fa Zheng nodded happily: "What the lord said is very true. Yang Ang has a lot of talent. He led his troops to confront our army in Wudu County for more than a month without any flaws. If Zhang Lu had not rashly asked the city gate to open the city gate, I was afraid that Qiangdao City would not be captured by our army so soon. However, I asked my lord that this person was not to persuade him to surrender, but to have other uses. There are two major clans in Hanzhong County, one is the Zhang clan, and the other is the Yang clan. The Yang family is second only to Zhang Lu, and Yang Ang is the leader of the Yang clan and is the leader of this generation. Therefore, this person is very valuable. If everything goes well, the breakthrough to break through Yangping Pass and even the entire Hanzhong will be on the Yang clan."

Li Li and Fa Zheng looked at each other for a moment, then nodded and smiled, "Since Xiaozhi is so confident, then you will be left to you to deal with this matter. I have brought all the Hanzhong generals and scholars captured last time this time, and you will go with Zicheng to get people later. In addition, if you need personnel, just find Zicheng directly. There are hidden dragons and tigers in the Jinqiu Guard, and there are many strange and righteous people gathered. Hahaha!"

"Thank you for your accomplishment, and I will definitely live up to your high expectations and take down Yangping Pass!" Fa Zheng said respectfully.

"The big thing is over, it's getting late. Let's go and rest. Let's take a good rest. We will be more energetic and compete with the Yizhou army tomorrow." As Li Li slowly stood up and waved his hand with a smile, Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng, Zhao Yun and others responded to the retreat. Compared with this kind of strategy, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong were more concerned about tomorrow's battle between the two armies, which was their main battlefield for showing their skills.

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